Sophie Pokela has just graduated from Wisconsin University with a title of English and a rigorous nutrition education.
Pokela grew up thinking that it was a healthy dining room because it chose mainly foods full of protein and fiber. She arose on her one year in college, who really didn’t know much about what she was consuming.
“I traveled to Instagram and met a crunchy mother who spoke of seed oils,” said Pokela, 21, in The Post. “I had never heard of talking and I started to scroll -to me on its page and I realized that I had no idea what the ingredients of my food were.”
Pokela quickly graduated from health consciousness to “crisis”, a holistic style of life prioritizing whole foods while the toxins are slicing. Crushed crusaders often avoid ultra processed foods, plastics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals for always in favor of alternative remedies, natural ingredients, organic rates and spiritual well -being.
The “Make America Healthy Again” movement has helped this subculture to be more vocal and visible, even on the university campuses, where 2 AM pizza, Borgs and Freshman 15 are rites of passage.
Clinical psychologist Laura Braider said that the crisis can be positive, if managed properly. He warned that some students could exceed healthy practices, especially if they have struggled with an eating disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
“In moderation, I think it is not necessarily a bad tendency,” Post Braider, Deputy President of the University Mental Health of Northwell Health, told Post Braider. “I think being intentional in this population and being present and being aware can be a very good thing as long as it is in a controlled environment.”
Browsing online information
One of the worries is that crunchy enthusiasts do not receive tests based on testing. Online communities, especially social networks, can be reasons for misinformation.
“Social networks can provide good information, but there is also a lot of erroneous information on social media, as we all know,” said Braider.
“From a health perspective, I think we need to meet students where they are,” he added, “and maybe we need to be able to spread the information in a more pleasant way.”
As it became crunchy, Pokela went to the Weston A. Price Foundation, a non -profit nutritional organization that promotes dense nutrient foods, raw milk and cod liver oil, and recommends strict vegetarianism, seed oils and fluorinated water.
It was also adjusted to the “Culture Apothecary” podcast of “Maha”, “apothecary of culture”, who was the collaborator of Turning Point, Alex Clark.
Both points of sale have been accused of dissolving disinformation for potentially harmful health.
Pokela rejected the criticism, saying that he has come to “truly trust” these two resources after doing extensive research.
Clark, 32, and Pokela are even in similar journeys. They have the hashimoto disease, where the immune system mistakenly attacks the thyroid gland.
Pokela first learned about the Autoimmune disorder when Clark revealed his struggles.
Promote healthier exchanges
Pokela has been detailing her approach to managing symptoms in Tiktok, highlighting whole foods, morning and night walks and breathing exercises.
He had already reviewed his diet months before the diagnosis, replacing the so -called “healthy” prosecuted snacks that had become staple in the pantry with ground beef, sweet potatoes and avocados and giving the gluten to the heap.
She encourages her 400 Tiktok followers to make healthier exchanges, such as organic coconut sugar for cane sugar.
)[It’s] Only a crime that people do not know that these foods that are not even real foods consume, “said Pokela, who obtained an online certificate in health training at the Integrative Nutrition Institute.” That is why I think this is so important. “
Find balance
Courtney Beck, an 18 -year -old increase in Texas State University, began to reduce his crunchy lifestyle in Tiktok in December.
Beck spent most of his life in the classical ballet, which caused a “really deformed idea about what it meant to be healthy” and, eventually, anemia and anorexia.
After acknowledging that being thin at all costs was not sustainable, stopped dancing and sought health guidelines elsewhere.
“I fell into a rabbit hole about being crunchy and eating whole foods and how to count your calories is not the most important,” Beck told The Post.
“And he only took off there,” he continued. “I just overcome my health and vitamins … It completely changed my life and it only turned me into something I am passionate about.”
The old vegetarian slowly added the ground beef and the chicken to his diet and became a “beef connoisseur”, rubbing the fat of animals all over his face.
She cost her skin “never seemed better.” (Experts warn that this trend may not be suitable for everyone.)
Most Beck Tiktoks are transportation of groceries, recipes and PECS in their daily diet.
Moderation preaches, confessing that he enjoys Dr. Pepper and PopSicles from time to time.
“I still eat with my friends from time to time, and I keep doing fun things,” Beck shared, “but it’s just choosing to make intentional decisions when you have the opportunity.”
Overcome challenges for personal growth
One of the disadvantages of living this online life is the pessimistic feedback.
“It’s very easy to take them [negative comments] In heart, “said Beck, who is engaged in massive nutrition communications to pursue a holistic nutrition career.
“At the end of the day, I know I’m healthy and I know this is the best I’ve ever felt.”
Pokela has also supported difficulties. He recalled a few occasions at college when healthy eating was complicated.
“Many social events revolve around eating and drinking, which I do not do either,” he said. “Sometimes I should go to a restaurant and not order anything, which is a bit awkward to sit there.”
He also admitted that consuming so much health information “can feel very sometimes.”
“But I think people who say I need to enjoy my twenty years do not realize that I am working towards a healthier future,” said Pokela.
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